Support or stand for stationery



Jan. 12, 1932.

L. F. M CARTHY SUPPORT OR STAND FOR STATIONERY" Original Filed July 5,1928 Patented Jan. 12, 1932 Lno izl iuctmnfrrrY' or!rHrLAmanrrrm,PENNSYLVANIA p FSU PPOBj'l on swam) son STATIONERY Application filedJuly 3, 1928, Serial No. 290,140. Renewed November 21, 1930..

\The invention relates to devices intended t-ohold many sheets ofstationery which are to be removed one sheet at atime.

The purpose of myinventionis to reduce the friction bet-ween the frontsheet and the front holding mechanism by a spring-pressed roller.

A further purpose is to provide for manufacture of the frame for asingle holder conveniently and cheaply from sheet material.

A further purpose is tofacilitate application of a number of holders forstationery to a single base or frame.

Further purposes will appear in the specification and in the claims. V

I have preferred to show but one general form with a slight variation toaccommodate an additional holder for a second group of sheets ofstationery, selecting a form which is practical, efficient, convenientand inexpensive and which at the same time well illustrates theprinciples of my invention.

Figure l is a perspective View showing the single holder form.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of theform shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section taken upon line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 1s a. perspective showing two holding devices upon a singlebase.

Figures 5 and 6 are fragmentary sections corresponding generally inpositlon with Figure 3 but showing slight. modification of the formshown. V

In .many locations where a number of cards, forms, slips or sheets ofstationery of any character, all herein regarded as sheets, are to beheld for copying, successive display or dispensing, it isdesirable tohold the entire pack, set or lot together initially and remove them'oneat a time from the front. Each sheet in turn becomes the front. My invvention is designed'to serve this purpose simply, conveniently andeffectively. A'few of the uses are, upon or beside typewriters to holdcards for copying and upon desks or tables, in windows,'etc. wherecards, forms,

- etc. are to be displayed or dispensed.

In all of these locations and uses, easy removal of the front card, slipor sheet of stationery with reliable retention of'the others until it isdesirable to remove them, one at a time, are important. v v

y The base 5 is made of a plate of sheetmaterial bent upwardly andbackwardly along parsQ sTA Es ATENT OFFICE the line 6 to providev a baok7 and havingearsr 8 reversely bent from the sheet at 9 to support andguide the pins 10 which pivotroller in slots 12 but are drawnresiliently toward the back by spring 13 engaging-the fixed ears 14 atone end ofeaeh and their other ends are folded or bent forwardly,leaving. a corresponding opening for the rest whiehopening 1 comespreferably but not necessarily along a 1 line 19 in line with bend 6. J

The inward curve 20 in the rear edge of the base nearly corresponds withthe upwardly projecting central edge 2l of theba-ck to fit '11. Thepins. are adapted to move laterally withinthis curve in the uncut sheet,en

hlibllllgifl, larger number of. the strands or supportsto be cut from agiven length of sheet material than would otherwise be the case.

{The weight of the sheets extending wardly at an angle tends to holdthesheets in the position shown inFigure 1 and resists the tendencyofthe adjoining. sheetst o fol: low the withdrawal movement ofthe frontsheets :At the sametimeithe frictional-resistanceagainstthe backof thefront sheet tending to prevent its withdrawal is greatly reduced by theuse of the roller and by en gagement of the roller with the lower endsof the sheets. The spring tension upon; the

roller 11 is substantially uniform, no matter what the number of sheetswithinthe holder. he structure in Figure 4 isidentical vwith that shownin the other figures except that the base is extended farenough forreception of a secondback 7, rest 17 roller'll and set of connectionsfor resiliently mounting the roller in position. They are fastened uponthe base through the. rest. Obviously the number of these additionalbacks is depend- The roll front support at the bottom of the set ofsheets ofiers very little resistance to withdrawal of the front sheet.The friction of the back of the front sheet against the front of thenext sheet is considerably greater and has a tendency to withdraw theother sheets with the front sheet. his tendency is offset by thefriction of the backs of adjoining sheets against the front faces of thenext sheets and finally against the back 7. The weight of the entire setor group resists withdrawal and this retention of the remainder of theset or group may be assisted by various means.

In the second back of the Figure 4 form I have shown a slight rougheningof the lower part of the back immediately above the roll as at 22. Thisroughening can be obtained in any of a great number of ways, of which Ihave suggested one in the downwardly directed sharp projections shown at22. These must be sufficiently sharp to tear the back of the adjoiningsheet and are less likely to have this effect if they be not eX- tendeddown as far as the level of the roller. Another way of assisting in theretention of the remaining sheets in front of the plane of the lowerpart of the back is by bringing the top of the back forward far enoughto necessitate or encourage the pulling forward of the front sheetslightly as it is withdrawn or to mechanically spring the remainingsheets forward so as to bring additional pres- Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In a holder for sheets, a base, a back bent upwardly andrearwardly from the front edges of the base, slotted ears forwardlyprojecting from the ends of the back, a rest forwardly projecting at thelower end of the back, a roller across the front of the back above therest, pivots for the roller extending through the slots of the ears andsprings fixed at one end each and engaging the pivots to resilientlypress the roller toward the back.

2. In a holder for sheets, a base, a back for the sheets extendingupwardly from the base and terminating in forwardly extending slottedears and a spring-pressed holder for engaging the lower part of thefront of the sheets and guided within the slots in the ears.

, LEO F. MoCARTHY.

sure between the back of one sheet and the front of the next throughoutthe set or group. Though abrupt forward turning of the back of the topabove the groups or sets of sheets would serve one of these purposes Iprefer to turn the back forward gradually as at 7 in Figure 5 because itperforms both of the functions. It so far prevents easy withdrawal ofthe sheets without pulling them forward as to encourage if not requirethe bending forward of the front sheet as it is withdrawn and at thesame time brings pressure to bear upon the upper parts of the sheets asto increase the friction between the sheets that are left.

In the form shown in Figure 6 I have firmly attached afriction-producing surface far as they fall Within the reasonable spiritand scope of my invention.

